1, first round
12 Asian teams with the lowest ranking in FIFA participated in the competition, and the six winning teams then participated in the second round of the top 40 with the top 34 teams in AFC.
2, the second round
40 teams will be divided into 8 groups with 5 teams in each group. The competition started from June 2065438+2005. The draw for the top 40 teams will be held on April 1 1 day, and the seed teams will be determined according to the latest world rankings at that time. The first place in eight groups and the second place in four groups will advance to the third round 12.
3. The third round
12 teams will be divided into two groups, and the top two of the two groups will directly get tickets for the World Cup in Russia. The winner between the third place in the two groups will compete with other continents for a qualification.
Extended data:
World Cup competition system arrangement:
The World Cup schedule is divided into two stages: the preliminaries and the finals. The preliminaries are divided into six divisions, namely Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, North America and Oceania. Each division needs to formulate the rules of the preliminaries according to the actual situation of its own division, while teams from FIFA member countries (regions) who sign up for the World Cup need to hold preliminaries in their respective divisions to compete for the final seats.
There are 32 places in the final stage of the World Cup, and the host of the final stage will directly get the places in the final stage. In addition to the host country, other places are allocated by FIFA according to the football level of each qualifying area, and different qualifying areas will have different numbers of places in the final stage.
Starting from the 3rd World Cup of 1938, it is stipulated that the defending champion and the host country can advance directly. However, in 2002, due to the poor performance of the defending champion France in the World Cup in Korea and Japan, FIFA stipulated that from the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, the defending champion needed to participate in the World Cup qualifiers in the region, so only the host country could qualify for the finals, and the South African World Cup host failed to qualify from the group. However, FIFA did not disqualify the host country from direct promotion.
The host country of the final stage of the World Cup must be a FIFA member country (region). Member countries (regions) need to apply to FIFA (two member countries can jointly apply for hosting), and then all FIFA member countries (regions) will vote to decide.
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